Binder



Feb. 25, 1941. J Nb L I 2,232,713

BINDER Filed Feb. 25, 1937 INVENTOR.

' fa a5 Mandel Patented Feb. 25, 1941 warren STATES BINDER Jacob Mandel,Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to American Binder Company, Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York A Application February 25, 1937, SerialNo. 127,606

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to binders for use in temporarily orpermanently binding together pamphlets, folders, and particularlymagazines.

It is the general object of the present invention to provide a strongand inexpensive binder in which a number of pamphlets, magazines and thelike can be easily mounted in a neat and convenient manner and in whichthe mounted matter is held securely and without sag.

It is a particular object of the present invention to provide a binderin which the mounted matter is supported from relatively stiff wires orrods which can be put in place upon or removed from the binder in asimple and expeditious manner, the wires being locked in place withoutplay.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a binder in which themounted magazines or the like are held securely within the binder andwithout possibility of displacement even though less than the fullcapacity of the binder has been reached.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a binder in which themounting means can be manufactured at very low cost yet are strong anddurable and are able to withstand the manipulation involved in mountingand removing magazines for an indefinite period of time.

These and other objects of the invention which will appear as thedescription thereof proceeds are attained in accordance with the presentinvention by the provision of mounting members or brackets at the upperand lower ends of the central portion or back of the binder which areprovided with one or more slots for the reception of the ends of themounting or binding rods or wires, means being also provided for lockingthe mounted magazines or the like in place, so that regardless of thenumber of magazines that the binder contains, such magazines will befirmly and securely mounted upon the binder. These slots and lockingdevices may take various forms and in one form of the invention themounting brackets include hollow members provided with individual slotsopening upwardly so that the binding rods can be put in place by asimple downward movement into such slots, the locking means consistingof a, member movable endwise within the hollow brackets and engaging theends of the rods to hold them against upward displacement. By providingthe locking member with a cam end it can ride easily over the mountedrods and force them into engagement with the bottom walls of theirrespective slots,

55 the locking member engaging the upper portions of the ends of therods, so that the latter are securely held at both their ends andshifting and rattling of the rods in their mounts thereby entirelyprevented.

On the accompanying drawing is shown by way I of illustration a bindermounting embodying the present invention. In said drawing,

Fig. 1 shows a plan view of an open binder provided with my improvedmounting devices;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the bracket structure shown in Fig.1, along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken longitudinally of the bracket along the line3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 shows a binder having the usual covered portions l5, l8, and theintermediate or back portion I'l. At both the top and bottom ends of theintermediate portion H are secured bracket members 41, each of which isattached to the binder by means of rivets l9 or in any other suitablemanner and is composed of a base plate 20 and an integral terminalportion bent at right angles to form a rectangular tub-e composed ofsides 48, 49, 50 and iii. The one end of the tube is provided with awall 52 which serves to strengthen the tube. At suitably spacedintervals along the length of each tube are provided slots 53 ofinverted L-shape which extend along only part of the width of the walls49 and 50. The bottoms of the slots in the wall are spaced sufficiently.from the base plates 20 to provide for the backs of the mountedmagazines. The aligned slots are adapted to receive relatively flatbinding rods or bars 54 about which are folded the magazines M to bebound, Fig. 1 showing an opened magazine bound by one of the bars 54.The bars are positioned with their longer sides vertical, as best seenin Fig. 3. By the illustrated construction and position of the bars 54the tendency to sag, especially when the binder is inverted ispractically eliminated and a more rigid binding obtained. Binding rodsor bars of the shape shown are of particular advantage in binding largeand heavy magazines together.

The locking member 55 consists of a rectangular element which isdimensioned to fit snugly within the rectangular tubular portions of thebrackets. The top, bottom and rear walls of the locking member may becontinuous, but the front wall extends downwardly from the top wall fora distance corresponding to the clearance between the upper surface ofthe mounted bars 54 and the top wall of the locking member, as shown at56. The front wall 56 of the locking member is thus adapted to engagethe mounted binding 55 bars and upon insertion of the locking memberinto the open end of the bracket, the wall or ledge 56 rides over thebars 54 and holds them securely in their mounted positions. The frontedge of the ledge 56 may be shaped in the form of a cam 51 which willact to force downwardly any bars that are slightly displaced vertically.

The lower wall of the locking member is provided with an extension whichis bent upwardly to form the end wall 58 which may be soldered or weldedto the other walls of the member to strengthen the latter. ing member issimilarly provided with an extension which is bent upwardly to form afingerpiece 59.

As the locking member 55 can be made to fit very closely within thebracket, and as its ledge 56 can be dimensioned so as to engage. tightlyagainst the upper surfaces of the bars 54, an extremely rigid mountingis provided for even the heaviest of magazines. The tubular constructionof the bracket and locking member contributes greatly to their strengthand, as already mentioned, the provision of fiat mounting bars insuresagainst sagging of the contents. It will be obvious that the mounting ofthe bars, after they have been passed through the central portions ofthe magazines, folders, etc., is extremely simple as they can be easilylowered into aligned slots 53, the locking member having been withdrawnsufiiciently to expose the latter, after which the locking member isslid into its final position in which it engages the end portions ofthe, bar. It will be noted that considering the bracket tube and thelocking member together, the combined structure has reinforcing walls atboth its ends, that is, the wall 52 of the bracket and the wall 58 ofthe locking member, the end wall of each of these locking parts actingto reinforce also the adjacent unreinforced end of the other part. Theassembled structure thus represents a mounting device of very greatstrength.

Variations of details of construction from those specifically describedhereinabove may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A binder having cover portions and an intermediate portion, bracketsat the top and bottom of the intermediate portion thereof, said bracketseach including an approximately rectangular hollow portion open at oneend and provided with right-angular slots upon the adjacent upper andinner walls thereof, binding rods adapted to be inserted in alignedslots in The top wall of the locksaid brackets by downward verticalmovement with respect to the brackets, the outer walls of the bracketsbeing unslotted and thus covering the ends of the mounted rods, andlocking members movable endwise within the hollow portions and providedwith depending flanges contacting the end portions of the rods to holdthem against upward displacement.

2. A binder having cover portions and an intermediate portion, mountingbrackets at the top and bottom of the intermediate portion for anchoringa plurality of binding rods, said brackets being each composed of asingle piece of sheet metal bent to form a tubular structure at One endwith a free end portion projecting from the tubular structure, the freeend portions of the brackets extending toward each other and beingsecured to the intermediate portion of the binder, aligned upwardly openslots in the tubular structures, to receive the .end portions of bindingrods by downward movement of the latter into the slots, the outer wallsof the tubular structures being unslotted, and covering the ends of themounted rods, said slots terminating above the free end portions of thebrackets a distance sufficient to accommodate any printed matter foldedabout the rods, the rods resting upon the raised bottoms of the slotsand locking devices fitting snugly within the tubular structures, andprovided with dependent portions which are spaced from the bottom wallsof the slots a distance corresponding substantially to the verticalthickness of the rods, whereby said rods may be locked in place withoutvertical play.

3. A binder having cover portions and an intermediate portion, a bracketat the top and bottom of the intermediate portion thereof, at least oneof the brackets comprising a tubular member of rectangularcross-section, said member being provided with a plurality ofindividual, spaced, vertically opening slots adapted to receive the endsof binding rods moved downward thereinto, the ends of the rods beingheld against lateral displacement within the slots, and an approximatelytubular locking device of rectangular cross-section fitting snuglywithin the tubular bracket and engaging the upper surface of the endportions of the mounted rods to hold them against vertical disengagementfrom their respective slots, said locking member including bottom, sideand top walls, and a flange depending from the top wall for engagingwith the rod ends, the forward end of the flange being in the form of acam to urge the rod ends into their proper positions as the lockingdevice is moved into locking position within the tubular bracket.

JACOB MANDEL.

